In this episode, Steve Evans uses every opportunity available to remind Scott B. that he is a noob, and that his wife likely hates him. While Steve explains how much he enjoys loon commenters and opines on the true identity of MCQ, Scott gets a little help from his friends John C. and Kathy Soper.

Scott you’re the first human I’ve ever heard of who neither (a) is vegan, nor (b) likes cheddar. I have to conclude you’re not human. Your half-hearted attempts at assimilation are also evident in slip-ups such as calling a “burrito” a “burger.” Let your alien overlords know you need more classes or something.

Ok, you know, there are a lot of possibilities for fictional characters in the nacle. I personally am operating under a theory that there are only about 5-10 real people in the nacle, and the rest of the bloggers and commenters are just fictional creations.

But to claim I am fictional, and being written by Kristine(!), is obviously just the product of an overwrought imagination. I mean, if that were true, I would be a lot better written for one thing, and I would have all kinds of musical talent for another.

I protest! I’m completely innocent! If I was going to create a fictitious character, especially a male one, he would be a lot better looking and much more sensitive to my feministy-female needs. MCQ is obviously the fictitious creation of some lower-brow blogger, not someone with my talent and sophistication.

And, Kathy, as far as I’m concerned you can pronounce MCQ however you want, as long as you spell it correctly and vote for him in the Niblets.

I protest as well. Whoever is creating that fictitious loser, it’s not me! Have you seen his comments over at fMh? We’ve debated sticking his sorry fictitious a** in the mod que until he learns some virtual manners.

I’m glad I know now that he’s fictitious. It will save me a lot of time if I delete him from my facebook account.

Kaimi, taking credit for others’ work is beneath even your usual low standards. As everyone at my blog knows, MCQ is a joint creation of ESO and I. We were having a lot of fun with it but I’ll me damned if I’m going to allow you to take credit for our prank. Nice try though.

Getting back to the topic of the Zeitcast, why is Darth wielding the light saber one-handed when he duels with Luke at the end of Empire? Didn’t the makers of that film have any notion of what those things weigh? You’d throw your back out swinging it around like that.

Vader’s fighting style was really something of a mutt–he couldn’t be contained in a single style because his natural choice–Shien–required so much acrobatic maneuverability that his cybernetics couldn’t keep up post-burn. Utlimately, he incorporated some elements of Ataru and Juyo as well.

(Mark–that sounded harsher than I meant it. Pretend that you are Steve, and you just wrongfully accused me of not knowing what a Chipotle burger is, and I told you to shut up with red cheeks and a lack of a winning comeback.)

Jack,
The reason we didn’t talk more about you is simple: you were nominated for talking about erections in the afterlife, and Steve had already filled the quota for genitalia-related jokes (1 per ZC) in the first 30 seconds.

Steve, the real question though is whether or not she’ll get over not being mentioned in the ZC if she ever finds out that I cut about 70 minutes of material dedicated entirely to discussion about BJM out of the original recorded file.

A meaningless episode about the meaninglessness of the Niblets awards. Ironic.

The Mormon Expression podcast is very well done. You should try listening to it sometime. I suggest starting with John Hamer and Newell Bringhurst’s episode on Mormon Schismatic Groups: http://mormonexpression.com/?p=419 You’ve heard of John and Newell, haven’t you?

Mr,
Thanks for the shout out, but I must defend my honor. Please note a few things.

1. Nothing attracts attention like catchy titles, and the fraction of the podcast dealing with the Niblets was really quite small.

2. I didn’t say anything about the quality of Mormon Expression–if you were implying I suggested it was a “bad” podcast. Rather, I just said that I’d never heard of it, and honestly, I don’t have any idea how I ever would have heard of it without the Niblet nomination.

3. John Hamer is so prolific in his blogging, charting, podcasting, and publishing activities, that it is utterly unsurprising to me that I was unaware of an interview he took part in on a podcast I’d never heard of.

4. If I were to listen to that episode, it would only because Hamer is cool, because to be brutally honest, I’m not really that into Mormon Schismatic Groups, even if Newell-darling is talking about them. Could you suggest an episode dealing with something more in my taste-zone? (sports, economics, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc…)

Nice podcast. Next time Scott, try talking into the microphone. Sometimes is sounds like you’re recording it from across the room.

Also it’s fun to hear you discuss the different people of the bloggernacle. It’s like we are all a big FUN family. And I just want to say of all the strong feminist women in the ‘nacle, Kaimi is the one I want to meet the most!

My name is actually never supposed to be pronounced. Like Prince’s unpronounceable musical symbol, it has no audible equivalent. If you must speak of me aloud, you may refer to me as “the one mighty and strong.” Thank you for your inquiry.

I should point out that it’s totally not true that Tracy and BJM are winning all of the awards. Not to toot my own horn, but I hope you all realize that I’m currently polling 3rd, 5th, 5th, 8th, and 17th in some very important categories.